Decoder with Nilay Patel

Why tech billionaires want a ‘corporate dictatorship’

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This is Jon Fortt, CNBC journalist. I’m guest-hosting for a couple more episodes of Decoder this summer while Nilay is out on parental leave. Today, I’m talking with a very special guest: Gil Duran, an old friend, journalist, and author of The Nerd Reich, a newsletter and forthcoming book about the shifting politics of Silicon Valley and the rise of tech authoritarianism.




Links: 

  • Is Peter Thiel the Antichrist? NYT didn’t think to ask | The Nerd Reich
  • How tech authoritarianism becomes reality | The Nerd Reich
  • Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America | The New Yorker
  • The rise of techno-authoritarianism | The Atlantic
  • JD Vance thinks monarchists have some good ideas | The Verge
  • Startups meeting with Trump officials to push for deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’ | Wired
  • Peter Thiel-linked startup wants to build the “next great city” in Greenland | Inside Hook
  • Bitcoin could replace dollar If US debt grows says Coinbase CEO | CryptoSlate

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    Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

    Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Ursa Wright. 

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